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RDG Flat Cat 9915 11 years 2 months ago #418

Turboboost910 OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 250 Thank you received: 17	are you able to upload a full-resolution picture?
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RDG Flat Cat 9915 11 years 2 months ago #419

RDGbuff56 OFFLINE Fireman Posts: 44 Thank you received: 4	I downloaded this from online. I am not sure about full resolution. I tried e-mailing it to myself. When I received it, I downloaded it again. Not the same, but you can make out the number. Francis in Sunbury, Pa.
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RDG Flat Cat 9915 11 years 2 months ago #448

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Francis, I checked my Freight Car Diagrams, the Bossler Color Guide and several Railway Equipment Registers. The Reading only had two classes of 6-wheel trucked, depressed center flat cars, from 1928 until 1976. Class FWd, 99045 to 99049 and class FWe, 99050. Looking at the photos, I suggest that the modification that added the welded bracing for the wide load probably damaged the lettering on the car.

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RDG Flat Cat 9915 11 years 2 months ago #518

RDGbuff56 OFFLINE Fireman Posts: 44 Thank you received: 4	I would say that that is the explanation. What looks like a 1 is probably part of a 4. Therefore, I would say this is RDG 99045. Francis in Sunbury, Pa.
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RDG Flat Cat 9915 11 years 2 months ago #520

Turboboost910 OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 250 Thank you received: 17	with that resolution I cant even see any lettering but "ADING"
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RDG Flat Cat 9915 11 years 2 months ago #521

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The reporting marks (on the left) are obscured by the bracing welded from the car side to the bottom of the side of the deck.

RDXX99X45 XX is a piece of wide bracing
X is a piece of narrow bracing
I never gave this a thought and mistook the partially obscure 4 for a 1. The READING on the right side is the roadname.

I have to thank JoannaBill for the suggestion of this idea.

Francis A. Pehowic, Jr.
Sunbury, Pa.

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